(a) General information.

1. (1) Acts 2013, No. 1333, eliminated the Recycling Grant Program under the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund Act, Arkansas Code § 8-6-601 et seq., and provided for an alternate means of distributing these funds.
2. (2) The Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund Act does not revise requirements for funds that were disbursed under the Recycling Grants Program prior to August 16, 2013.

(b) Allocation.

1. (1) Funds collected under the provisions of Arkansas Code § 8-6-607 and deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund, less up to twenty percent (20%) for administrative support for the Division of Environmental Quality, shall be allocated annually to each of the approved regional solid waste management districts, utilizing a combination of two (2) methods stated in Arkansas Code § 8-6-615(b) and (c).
2. (2) Fifty percent (50%) of set-aside funds will be determined using the method in subsection (c) of this section, hereafter referred to as “Method A”, and fifty percent (50%) will be determined using the method in subsection (d) of this section, hereafter referred to as “Method B”.
3. (3) The total figures obtained from each method will be combined to arrive at each regional solid waste management district’s fund distribution.

(c)

1. (1) Method A.

   1. (A) The division shall determine the amount of funds within each planning and development district organized under Arkansas Code § 14-166-201 et seq., and recognized by the Governor, based upon the same distribution as general revenue support is distributed to the planning and development districts in the current fiscal year.
   2. (B)

(i) The division shall adjust the distribution within the planning and development districts to coincide with the boundaries of the regional solid waste management districts by determining each county’s share of the funds available within each planning and development district.

1. (ii) Each county’s share shall be based upon the proportion that each county’s population bears to the total population in the planning and development district to which the county is assigned, multiplied by the amount of funds determined to be available within the planning and development district.

   1. (iii) The county’s proportional share, as determined, shall be added to all other counties’ shares within the same regional solid waste management district.

2. (2)

   1. (A) Formula for Method A:

      1. (i) Begin with fifty percent (50%) of the total remaining funds;
      2. (ii) Divide equally by the eight (8) planning and development districts;
      3. (iii) Multiply this result by the most recent federal decennial census population of each county; and
      4. (iv) Divide this result by the planning and development district population in which the county is located. This determines the portion per county.

   2. (B) Individual county portions are grouped and totaled by each regional solid waste management district to give the regional solid waste management district’s allocation under Method A.

      1. (d)
3. (1) Method B. The remaining fifty percent (50%) of set-aside funds in a distribution shall be based upon the ratio of the current decennial regional solid waste management district’s population divided by the most recent federal decennial state population.

4. (2)

   1. (A) Formula for Method B:

      1. (i) Begin with each regional solid waste management district’s total population;
      2. (ii)

(b) (b) This determines the regional solid waste management district’s percentage; and

1. (iii) Multiply by the total remaining funds.

   1. (B) This equals each regional solid waste management district’s allocation under Method B.